HEALTH TOPICS

Meditation

Meditation is often recommended as a way of reducing stress and even improving health. Find out what it involves.

Kinds of meditation

Some people think of meditation as a mystical religious observance. But it can actually be a very straightforward, non-religious activity.

Why meditate?

You may have heard or read that meditation may reduce stress and improve health. But what are the health benefits of meditating?

Meditation by the numbers

You may have trouble getting around to meditating. But it's an important and useful thing to do, and it can be very easy to make time for it. And you can get started any time - now, for instance.

A pause to refresh

You may find that the times you most need inner calm are times when you're too busy to take ten or twenty minutes to meditate. But that doesn't mean you can't have access to calmness and clarity of mind on the spot.